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•The International Monetary Fund and Ukraine are said
to be just days away from settling on terms so that the country can
receive its long-awaited next tranche of loan assistance.

•The percentage of
private companies that import gas to Ukraine went from 1 percent to
26 percent in just two years, Unian reported.

•Germany is interested in
expanding agribusiness cooperation with Ukraine, adding to trade
turnover that amounted to $558 million in the first 11 months of
2016, Ukrinform reported. In related news, Ukraine's total
agricultural and food exports increased $537 million year on year
over the first 11 months of 2016.

•Kyiv is in talks with
companies from Norway, Poland and France regarding the potential for
taking the city's heating pipelines to concession, Mayor Vitali
Klitschko has said, according to Interfax Ukraine. Kyivenergo's
management of the pipelines expires this year.

•Ukraine and Great
Britain intend to expand cooperation in aircraft engineering and
military training, multiple news outlets reported. This will benefit
aircraft manufacturer Antonov and also boost Ukraine's fledgling
efforts to revive domestic aircraft manufacturing.

•Confectioner Roshen,
formerly owned by President Petro Poroshenko, is shutting down its
operations in the Russian city of Lipetsk because of political
pressure, multiple sources reported.

•The European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development will loan $5 million to the Rukavychka Group, a major
food retailer operating 110 convenience stores in western Ukraine, to
fund expansion, according to Interfax Ukraine.

The EBRD is also poised to help Kyiv get going on the
bidding for its loop road construction project, Mayor Vitali
Klitschko told Interfax Ukraine in comments on the results of his
meetings at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

•The Ukrainian economy is coming out of the shadows at
a record pace, Unian reported, citing a government announcement.

•Ukraine experienced a 4 percent rise in retail trade
turnover in 2016, according to Unian.

•The European Investment Bank is ready to allocate $35
million to fix the Hrybovychi landfill in Lviv region, Ukrinform
reported. The project is expected to take two to three years to
complete.

•The World Bank and the Swiss Cooperation Office will provide $2.5
million in technical and organizational aid to the Lviv and Poltava
regions to reform the health care system, the Health Ministry said in
a report carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

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